The last time we saw such a release, delving depe into the making of a project that wasn’t a film or a park, was The Secrets of Shadows of the Empire over 25 years ago, but that wasn’t a prestigeous Art of release and as The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic (Phase One) hits shelves around the world, author Kritsin Baver is interviewed over at her home site of StarWars.com about the book, the process and what readers can expect to find within the pages of this invaluable release.
That magical design process from original idea to final concept is apparent in each chapter in The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic, which goes beyond the designs to tell the story of how the popular and compelling new era of Star Wars storytelling was made, through collaboration between the diverse and imaginative creators who teamed up for the initiative.
“An interesting part of the High Republic, and part of why it resonates so much with people, is that you invite all of these creators from different backgrounds to the table,” says Baver. “They come in with different stories from different perspectives and not only do you have that as your main thinktank, but then because it was being created during this very weird time [in 2020], that impacted some of the trajectories of the stories. We got to tell a lot of that in the book, which I’m really proud of.”
Check out our review of The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic (Phase One) and watch as we grabbed an in-hand copy of the book ahead of its release earlier this week.
